FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
The Detroit–Windsor tunnel (French: tunnel de Détroit-Windsor), also known as the Detroit–Canada tunnel, is an international highway tunnel connecting the cities of Detroit, Michigan, United States and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the second-busiest crossing between the United States and Canada, the first being the Ambassador Bridge, which also connects the two cities, which are situated on the Detroit River.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
1790s
- BORN 1794: WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (POET)
- 1796: JOHN ADAMS IS ELECTED AS THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT225 Years Ago
1800s
1810s
1860s
1880s
1900s
- 1900: THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE SHOW IN THE UNITED STATES OPENED AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA
- BORN 1903: WALKER EVANS (PHOTOGRAPHER)
- 1908: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
1910s
1920s
1930s
- 1930: DETROIT-WINDSOR TUNNEL OPENED
- BORN 1933: MICHAEL DUKAKIS (POLITICIAN)
- 1936: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT REELECTED FOR SECOND TERM
1940s
1950s
- BORN 1953: KATE CAPSHAW (ACTRESS)
- DIED 1954: HENRI MATISSE (ARTIST)
- 1957: THE U.S.S.R. LAUNCHED SPACE SATELLITE SPUTNIK II, CARRYING A DOG
1960s
1970s
- 1973: MARINER 10 SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
- 1975: GOOD MORNING AMERICA DEBUTED WITH CO-HOSTS DAVID HARTMAN AND NANCY DUSSAULT
1990s
- DIED 1990: MARY MARTIN (ACTRESS)
- 1992: ARKANSAS GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON WAS ELECTED 42ND PRESIDENT OF THE US. FIVE WOMEN WON SENATE SEATS, INCLUDING DEMOCRAT CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN, WHO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN SENATOR
- DIED 1998: BOB KANE (CREATOR OF THE COMIC, BATMAN)
2010s
- BORN 2010: GIANT PANDA CUB AT ZOO ATLANTA
- DIED 2011: BOB FORSCH (BASEBALL PITCHER)
- 2013: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
- DIED 2014: TOM MAGLIOZZI (CO-HOST OF CAR TALK NPR NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM, RUN WITH HIS BROTHER RAY)
- 2019: U.S. AIR FORCE’S UNCREWED X-37B ORBITAL TEST VEHICLE MISSION 5 LANDED AT NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. THE SPACE PLANE HAD SPENT 780 DAYS IN ORBIT, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 718 DAYS IN 2017.
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